Shui Liuli immediately blushed. She was ashamed and angry and opened Xu Zizhen's claws. She gritted her teeth and shouted word by word: "Xu Zizhen!"
Xu Zizhen laughed and ran away. Kou Qiaoyi was so smart that he couldn't understand that Xu Zizhen was teasing Shui Liuli. At the moment, he just pretended not to know, covering his mouth and laughing secretly. Li Meng, a child with a childlike mind, had already bent his head with laughter.
His waist was broken, but there were several stab wounds on his back and arms, so he grinned after a while.
A lot of fun and games subtly dissipated a lot of the tension of the Xia army's encirclement. Wen Chengyan smiled and relieved Xu Zizhen, and found someone to treat Li Meng and Kou Qiaoyi's injuries. Meng Du had to stay at the pass to command the troops.
Wen Chengyan took Xu Zizhen and Shui Liuli to the pass.
The officers and soldiers in the pass stood as straight as guns, watching the idol go away, their eyes full of respect. Even Xu Zizhen's poor horse was specially led to Haosheng for washing and feeding.
As soon as he arrived and sat down at the Guan Nei Assembly Hall, Wen Chengyan ordered people to bring hot water for food. Xu Zizhen had rescued Jin Yuxi since he arrived at the foot of Gaolan Mountain in the morning, and then went deep into the enemy camp to set fire. He didn't even drink a sip of water when he arrived at the pass.
He killed Brother Polu again. He was exhausted from all the running around, so he was not polite and started to eat hungrily.
Wen Chengyan watched him eat with a smile, and after he swept away the food like a whirlwind, he asked about his experiences in the past few months. Xu Zizhen talked about it in general while holding hot tea. Wen Chengyan felt a sense of emotion when he heard it, and took a picture.
He patted Xu Zizhen on the shoulder and sighed: "Zizhen, this is really embarrassing for you."
Xu Zizhen smiled and said: "It's nothing difficult. In fact, I would like to thank Mr. Wang."
Wen Chengyan wondered: "Oh? How do you say this?"
Xu Zizhen chuckled: "If it weren't for him, I'm afraid I would still be my rich man in Suzhou City, counting my money every day, holding my son and accompanying my wife. I wouldn't have the free time to come to this unfortunate place to fight against the Xixia people with you, sir."
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Shui Liuli next to her heard it funny and burst out laughing. Wen Chengyan couldn't help but smile: "Now that you have come to Lanzhou, you can serve as a captain under my command. What do you think?"
Xu Zizhen suddenly hesitated: "It doesn't matter what position I hold, even if I am just by your side to run errands for you, it's just that I killed Wang Fu's nephew, and I'm afraid he will find out and use this as an excuse to punish you.
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Wen Chengyan laughed and said, "You can rest assured that the Jin Kingdom has officially attacked the Northern Liao Dynasty and has invited us to use troops together with the Song Dynasty. The king is in a senior position and I am afraid he has no time to take care of this these days."
Xu Zizhen suddenly realized, I thought Xixia always sent troops to the Song Dynasty for fun, but it turns out that the Jin Dynasty is just about to destroy the Liao Dynasty!
The situation of the Liao Kingdom has been greatly reduced in the past few years. Even Xu Zizhen knows this even if he has not read much. With the gradual rise of the Jin Kingdom, coupled with its own problems in the Northern Liao Dynasty, it has long been lost due to internal and external troubles.
The Liao Kingdom has lost most of its territory, and Emperor Tianzuo, the monarch of the Liao Kingdom, has also been on the run for many years. The Jin Kingdom's current military campaign is actually just to gather the last territory of the Liao Kingdom. In any case, the Liao Kingdom is already destined to be destroyed.
Since the founding of the country, Xixia has been controlling the Hexi Corridor, an important trade route from the Song Dynasty to the Western Regions. This has made the relationship between Xia and Song very bad. There have been constant frictions for so many years. During this period, Xia chose
They allied with Liao to fight against Song, but Xixia would never be loyal to Liao as an ally. Instead, they wanted to take advantage of this good opportunity to invade the Song Dynasty, so as to seize some territory in the chaos.
When Xu Zizhen thought of this, he understood everything. Emperor Tianzuo, the last emperor of the Liao Kingdom, would be captured sooner or later. By then, Xixia would have to turn around and flatter the Jin Kingdom. Tsk tsk. It's a pity that Xixia was destroyed by the Mongols in the end.
, and from now on there will be no more Dangxiang clan on the earth.
Well, this Xixia is a scourge. We have to find a way to teach them a lesson. The Kingdom of Jin will attack soon to prevent them from causing more trouble.
Seeing that he kept silent, Shui Liuli couldn't help but wonder: "What are you thinking about?"
Xu Zizhen was lost in thought and replied smoothly: "I'm thinking about how to teach the Xixia people a lesson so that they don't bother me to teach the Jin people."
Wen Chengyan asked: "Zizhen, what do you mean by this?"
At present, there were only three of them in the meeting hall. Xu Zizhen said frankly: "After the Jin Kingdom destroyed the Liao Dynasty, it was time to invade the Song Dynasty. There is no harm in making early preparations."
Shui Liuli looked at him and said, "How do you know that the Jin Kingdom will invade? You must know that there is an alliance between Song and Jin."
Xu Zizhen sneered: "The covenant is of no use! Beauty, you are stupid and can't be resurrected. I promised not to molest you, but I won't do the same if you don't... Ahem, you think so, right?"
Shui Liuli suddenly became angry and stared at Xu Zizhen with a red face: "You!"
Wen Chengyan heard that Rong Xi had said that Xu Zizhen had predicted that the Jin Congress would invade within two years, so he did not pursue the question further, but asked solemnly: "Zizhen, what do you think?"
Ideas? I have so many ideas!
Xu Zizhen thought about it for a while, raised his head and asked, "Sir, do you have artillery in Lanzhou Prefecture? Can you take me to see it?"
Wen Chengyan nodded: "Okay."
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Standing in front of the closed row of artillery pieces, Xu Zizhen felt speechless for a while. This artillery piece was so... rotten! The gun body made of bronze was neither long nor thick, but it was quite nice-looking, with dragons carved on the surface.
Tiger, is it just good-looking but useless?
At this time, he began to regret a little. He didn't read more weapons magazines in his previous life. Now, even if he wanted to make a high-end cannon, he didn't have a clue. As for the pistol, he had nowhere to start.
By the way, if we can't make pistols, let's make firecrackers. When the time comes, all the soldiers of the Song Dynasty will have firecrackers in their hands. When they arrive at the formation, they will fire a fucking round without saying a word. How can they kill whoever they see?
Thinking of this, he asked: "Sir, do you have a better iron smelting shop in Lanzhou City?"
Wen Chengyan smiled and said: "Lanzhou Prefecture is located on the border with constant wars, so there are quite a lot of iron smelting shops."
Xu Zizhen chuckled: "I want to make something new, can you take me to find one?"
Wen Chengyan's eyes lit up: "Let's go!" He had an indescribable sense of trust in Xu Zizhen. Now Xu Zizhen said he wanted to make something new, so he took him out of the pass and headed to Lanzhou City without saying a word. Shui Liuli was always beside him.
He listened silently, then became very curious and followed closely.
Lanzhou City is not far from the south of Jincheng Pass. We arrived in less than an hour. Wen Chengyan changed into casual clothes long before the gate was closed and took Xu Zizhen straight to the north corner of the city. After making a few turns, he stopped in front of an iron shop.
A smoky signboard hung above the door, with four big characters written on it - Tangji Iron Shop.
There were many weapons hanging inside and outside the shop door, including steel knives, long swords and short daggers. Xu Zizhen was dazzled by the sight, and out of curiosity, he stretched out his hand to touch a steel knife.
"Hiss..." He had just put his finger on the blade, but he accidentally cut his skin, and blood immediately seeped out. He exclaimed in surprise, "What a knife!"
A calm voice sounded: "The knives in my shop are naturally good."